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Check out a list of the top content on Hadoop from since the beginning of May. Spark was a major focus as was the announcement of a partnership between Cloudera and MongoDB. Interviews with insights from Hadoop experts also abounded. This week’s content went back to the basics exploring big data technology, big data use cases and the cloud. Interviews with Hadoop experts also abounded.

Week ending May 9, 2014

1. 5 technologies that will help big data cross the chasm

GigaOM.com – Big data is becoming more and more accessible as technology is created to create, collect and analyze big data. Derrick Harris explores five of these technologies. Read More

2. 3 bad business-intelligence habits that we need to break

VentureBeat.com – This article identifies some bad habits businesses tend to have when using their data. Read More

3. Hadoop, big data, and the elephant in the room

VentureBeat.com – This Venturebeat post proposes that instead of focusing on Hadoop, a low-level technology that takes a lot of expertise to use, the focus should shift to higher-level business solutions. Read More

4. EMC World 2014: Pivotal and Isilon Take Hadoop Prime Time in the Enterprise

Gopivotal.com – An interview with Pivotal Vice President Todd Paoletti on Pivotal’s plans with Hadoop. Read More

5. Cloudera’s Strategy for Conquering Big Data the Enterprise

Forbes.com – An interview with Cloudera’ CTO on the company’s strategy going forward. Read More

6. What is Hadoop, and how does it relate to cloud?

ThoughtsonCloud.com – This article goes over the basics of big data, Hadoop and how they relate to the cloud. Read More

7. 5 Big Data Use Cases to Watch

BigDataAnalyticsNews.com – A look at five major applications of big data. Read More